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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 10 September 2026

1. Who we are

Namų Receptai (“the app”, “we”, “us”) is a home-recipe app operated by MB „Tik inovacijos“, trading as TIKi (“the company”). This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your personal data when you use the app. For any privacy question, contact us at info@tiki.lt.

The data controller for the personal data described in this policy is MB „Tik inovacijos“ (company code 304040746, VAT number LT100009794318, registered office: Mokslininkų g. 2A, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania).

2. Scope of this policy

This policy applies to the Namų Receptai mobile app (iOS and Android) and this website. It does not cover third-party services you may reach through links, or the separate privacy practices of Apple, Google or other providers when you use their own products (such as the App Store or Google Play).

This website

The receptai.tiki.lt website uses no cookies, no analytics or tracking tools, and loads no third-party resources. It is hosted by the web-hosting provider Hostinger (our processor), whose server logs record technical data — IP address, browser type and the page requested — for security and operation. The invite (/j/…) and viewer (/k/…) link pages use the link code only in your browser, to open the app; like any page address, it may appear in the server logs.

3. Data we collect

We collect only what the app needs to work:

Account data

• Email address — to create and secure your account.
• Display name — optional, shown in the app and to people you share a recipe book with.
• Sign-in identifiers — if you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive the identifier/email those services provide to create your account.

Content you create

• Recipes and recipe books — titles, ingredients, steps, notes, categories, favourites and any other content you add.
• Shopping lists — items, quantities and their checked status. To sort items by store aisle, the name of any item that isn’t in our built-in dictionary is sent to OpenAI automatically (see section 6).
• Photos — recipe photos you upload (stored privately), dish images you generate, and your own photos you ask us to beautify.
• Voice recordings — audio you record to dictate a recipe, which is transcribed to text.
• Scanned, imported or pasted recipes — a photo of a cookbook page or handwritten recipe, a webpage link you import, or text you paste, which we process into a structured recipe (and, if the recipe is in another language, translate into Lithuanian when you ask).
• Bug and feedback reports — if you report a bug (for example by shaking your phone): the description, category, app and OS version, device model, any screenshot you attach, and your account email address. The email is attached by default, but you can switch it off before sending.

Access to your camera and microphone is used only for the features above (scanning and photographing recipes; dictating them) and only when you use them.

AI usage records

Each time you use an AI feature (for example importing, scanning, pasting or dictating a recipe, or generating or beautifying a photo), we record an entry: your account ID, the recipe book ID, the type of action, its estimated cost and the time. These records contain none of your recipe content. We use them to enforce AI usage limits and to monitor costs and abuse.

Purchases (“Dovanų dėžutė” gift box)

You pay for voluntary in-app purchases (the “Dovanų dėžutė” gift box) through the App Store or Google Play, and the payment is processed by Apple or Google. We never receive your card or other payment details. When a purchase goes through, the app records it on our servers, linked to your account: the store transaction ID, which gift you chose, the date, the price and currency, the platform (iOS or Android), and whether it was a real or a test purchase.

App usage statistics

When you open the app, we record that you used it that day and on which platform (iOS or Android) — at most one record per day per platform, linked to your account. This is how we count how many people actively use the app. We don't record what you do in the app, how long you use it, or where you are.

Technical & diagnostic data

• Basic device and app information (device/OS type, app version, language).
• Crash and error diagnostics, so we can find and fix problems. These are stripped of personal information and tied only to an anonymous account ID.

We do not collect precise location, contacts, advertising identifiers, or run third-party analytics/ad tracking.

4. How we use your data

• To provide the core app — storing, syncing and displaying your recipes and shopping lists.
• To sort shopping-list items by store aisle automatically.
• To authenticate you and keep your account secure.
• To run AI features you start yourself: voice capture, scanning, importing from a link or text, translation into Lithuanian, and generating and beautifying dish photos.
• To enforce AI usage limits and monitor their costs and possible abuse.
• To let you share recipe books with members you invite and through a viewer link.
• To let you voluntarily support the app with a purchase through the App Store or Google Play.
• To diagnose crashes and improve reliability.
• To count active users and keep track of voluntary purchases.
• To respond to your support requests and handle bug reports.

We do not use your recipes or content for advertising, and we do not sell your data.

5. Legal bases (GDPR)

Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation applies, we rely on:

• Performance of a contract — to provide the app you signed up for: storing, syncing and sharing recipes, and the shopping list with automatic aisle sorting.
• Consent — for AI features you start yourself (e.g. voice capture, scanning, importing, translation, generating or beautifying a photo). You can choose not to use them.
• Legitimate interests — to keep the app secure and reliable (e.g. crash diagnostics), and to enforce AI usage limits, prevent abuse, control costs, count active users and keep track of purchases, balanced against your rights.
• Legal obligation — where we must retain or disclose data to comply with the law.

6. Third-party services

We rely on a small number of trusted providers (“sub-processors”) to run the app. They process data only on our instructions and for the purposes below:

AI features you start yourself (voice capture, scanning, importing, translation, generating or beautifying a photo) run only when you ask for them — if you don’t use them, we don’t send your input to those providers. The one automatic exception is shopping-list aisle sorting: when an item isn’t in our built-in dictionary, its name (only the name, with no account details) is sent to OpenAI to work out the store aisle.

Payments for voluntary purchases are processed by Apple (App Store) and Google (Google Play). They do so as independent controllers under their own privacy policies, not as our processors. The website’s hosting provider is described in section 2.

7. When we share data

We share personal data only in these limited cases:

• With the sub-processors above, to run the app’s features.
• With people you invite to a shared recipe book (by invite link or QR code) — they can see and edit the recipes in that book.
• Through a viewer link — a recipe book’s owner can create a viewer link (receptai.tiki.lt/k/…). Anyone who has the link can view that book’s recipes, but cannot change them. Individual recipes can be hidden from viewers, and creating a new link (“Nauja skaitytojų nuoroda” — new viewer link) stops the old one from working. Only share it with people you trust.
• When legally required, to comply with a valid legal request.
• In a business transfer, if the app is ever acquired, subject to this policy.

The shopping-list aisle dictionary is shared by all users: it holds only item names and the aisles assigned to them, and is not linked to you or your account.

We never sell your personal data or share it for third-party advertising.

8. How long we keep data

• Account and content — until you delete your account.
• AI usage, app-open and purchase records — together with your account; they are deleted automatically when you delete it.
• Bug reports — in our private issue tracker for as long as needed to handle them.
• Diagnostic data — kept by Sentry for a limited period.

When you delete your account, we delete your personal data and content from our systems, and request deletion from sub-processors, except where we must retain limited records to comply with the law.

We make encrypted database backups every night and also mirror the photo storage. Backups are accessible only to us and used only to restore the service after a failure. This means deleted data may remain in backups for a limited time, until those backups are removed.

9. Your rights

Under the GDPR and similar laws you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate data (much of which you can edit directly in the app).
• Delete your data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Export/port your data.
• Object to or restrict certain processing, and withdraw consent at any time.
• Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority — in Lithuania, the State Data Protection Inspectorate (vdai.lrv.lt).

To exercise any of these, email info@tiki.lt.

10. Deleting your account & data

You can delete your account directly in the app (Account → Account management → Delete account), which removes your recipes, images, account details and AI usage records. You can also request deletion by emailing info@tiki.lt. Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.

Purchases made through the App Store or Google Play remain in Apple’s or Google’s records under their own rules — we cannot delete them. Please contact Apple or Google directly about those.

11. Children

Namų Receptai is not directed at children under 14 (or under the higher minimum age that applies in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.

12. International transfers

Some sub-processors process data outside the EEA (for example in the United States). Where that happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards — the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or, where the provider is certified, the EU–US Data Privacy Framework — to protect your data.

13. Security

We protect your data with encryption in transit, access controls and row-level security so that you can only access your own recipes and the recipe books shared with you. Database backups are encrypted and kept in a private repository accessible only to us. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to keep your data safe.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the app evolves. We’ll revise the “Last updated” date above and, for material changes, provide a more prominent notice in the app.

15. Contact us

Questions about your privacy? Email info@tiki.lt. Data controller: MB „Tik inovacijos“ (company code 304040746, VAT number LT100009794318, registered office: Mokslininkų g. 2A, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania). Learn more about the company at tiki.lt.